生长激素释放肽-6缓释微球的制备及其对动物生长的影响

以生物降解材料乳酸乙醇酸共聚物(PLGA,LA-GA 8515)为载体,采用复乳-液中蒸发法制备含生长激素释放肽-6的乳酸乙醇酸共聚物微球,并通过体外药物释放试验评价载药微球的释药特征.结果得到收率、粒径大小和分布及含药量均满意的微球,其中包封率为100%,平均体积径为3.45μm,收率为79%.在37℃、pH7.0的生理等渗缓冲液中,首日释药19.19%,其后以平均日释药3.23%的速度释药25 d.小鼠肌肉注射微球30 d后,累积增重比注射生长激素释放肽-6、生理盐水分别高22.56%(P<0.05)和53.17%(P<0.01).结果表明,生长激素释放肽-6乳酸乙醇酸共聚物微球有望发展成为新型长效制剂.     

蓝塘仔猪IGF-1水平与组织IGF-1、GHR基因的表达

32头不同日龄(出生、3、21、35d)蓝塘仔猪,由前腔静脉采血后剖杀,取肝脏、背最长肌样品。用RIA法测血液、组织中IGF 1浓度,用放射受体法(RBA)检测肝脏、肌肉组织中GHR结合活性,用实时荧光定量PCR法检测IGF 1、GHRmRNA的表达水平。结果表明:(1)血液中IGF 1在出生日显著高于其它时期(P<0 05)。肌肉组织中IGF 1含量高于肝脏组织,肌肉组织IGF 1含量在3、21、35日龄时都显著高于出生日(P<0 05)。(2)肝脏细胞膜GHR结合活性在出生日显著高于3、21日龄(P<0 05),肝脏细胞膜GHR结合活性高于肌肉组织。(3)肝脏组织IGF 1、GHRmRNA的表达量均显著高于肌肉组织(P<0 05)。肝脏IGF 1mRNA的表达在出生日、21日龄时显著高于3、35日龄(P<0 05),GHRmRNA的表达在出生日显著高于其它日龄(P<0 05)。肌肉IGF 1、GHRmRNA的表达在出生日均显著高于其它日龄(P<0 05)。     

干奶期不同能量水平对奶牛血中神经肽 Y和生长激素浓度的影响

将健康围产期奶牛30头随机分为3组．预产前28d按奶牛营养需要分别饲喂100％、120％、80％能量日粮，产后各组奶牛均饲喂标准的产奶日粮，至产后56d结束，观测干奶期不同能量摄入水平对围产期健康奶牛血中神经肽Y和生长激素浓度的影响。结果表明，干奶期低能量日粮饲喂，奶牛血中神经肽和生长激素浓度均高于其他2组，从产前14d至产后28d组间差异显著（P〈0.01；P〈0.05），提示低能量饲料饲喂干奶期奶牛，产后能量负平衡得到缓解。     

Application of time-resolved fluorometry to immunoassays for bovine reproductive hormones

The principle of time‐resolved fluorometry with lanthanide chelates was established in the 1980s, but in the field of animal sciences it has not been widely applied to immunoassays. However, immunoassays that utilize time‐resolved fluorometry are possible alternatives to radioimmunoassays, since they can attain high sensitivity without safety risks. In this short review, we introduce the development of time‐resolved immunoassays for inhibin A, inhibin B and follicle‐stimulating hormone (FSH), and describe their application to the investigation of FSH regulation in male and female cattle. The results obtained using these newly developed immunoassays indicate that inhibin A acts as a feedback regulator for FSH secretion in female cattle, whereas inhibin A, and probably inhibin B, do so in male cattle.     

GDF9对绵羊卵丘细胞增殖的影响

本试验旨在探究生长分化因子9（GDF9）对卵丘细胞扩展相关基因和激素受体基因表达量及激素分泌的影响,为GDF9在绵羊卵泡发育中的作用提供依据。以绵羊卵丘细胞为研究对象,通过在低血清细胞培养液中添加不同浓度（0、50、100、200、400 ng/mL）的GDF9,培养绵羊卵丘细胞48 h后,提取细胞总RNA,利用实时荧光定量PCR技术,以β-actin为内参基因,检测卵丘细胞扩展相关基因透明质酸合酶2（HAS2）、前列腺素内过氧化物合酶2（PTGS2）、穿透素3（PTX3）及激素受体相关基因卵泡刺激素受体（FSHR）、促黄体生成素受体（LHR）和雌激素受体（E₂R）的mRNA相对表达量;利用酶联免疫吸附法（ELISA）测定培养液中卵丘细胞分泌的雌二醇（E₂）和孕酮（P₄）含量。结果显示：在细胞培养液中添加200 ng/mL GDF9时,HAS2、PTX3、FSHR、E₂R和LHR的mRNA相对表达量极显著高于对照组与其他处理组（P<0.01）;PTGS2 mRNA相对表达量极显著高于对照组、50和400 ng/mL GDF9组（P<0.01）,显著高于100 ng/mL GDF9组（P<0.05）。当添加400 ng/mL GDF9时,各基因mRNA相对表达量均极显著低于200 ng/mL GDF9组（P<0.01）;E₂分泌量极显著高于对照组与50 ng/mL GDF9组（P<0.01）,显著高于100 ng/mL GDF9组,与200 ng/mL GDF9组差异不显著（P>0.05）。100、200和400 ng/mL GDF9组P₄分泌量显著高于对照组（P<0.05）,与50 ng/mL GDF9组没有显著差异（P>0.05）,且3组之间差异不显著（P>0.05）。综上所述,GDF9能够促进绵羊卵丘细胞扩展,并参与绵羊卵丘细胞激素分泌的调控。     

西藏牦牛和黑白花奶牛生长激素基因AluⅠ多态性的比较研究

利用聚合酶链式反应 (PCR)技术 ,测定了西藏牦牛和黑白花奶牛生长激素基因的AluⅠ RFLP (限制性内切酶片段长度多态性 ) ,并比较了2牛群的基因频率。在西藏牦牛和黑白花奶牛中 ,等位基因A的频率分别为 0 935和 0 90 5 ,等位基因B的频率分别为 0 0 65和 0 0 65 ,卡方检验差异不显著 (P >0 0 5)。     

Effect of dietary supplementation of chitosan and galacto-mannan-oligosaccharide on serum parameters and the insulin-like growth factor-I mRNA expression in early-weaned piglets

The study was to determine effects of dietary supplementation of chitosan (COS) and galacto-mannan-oligosaccharids (GMOS) on some serum biochemical indices, serum growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels, and hepatic and long gissimus muscle IGF-I mRNA expression in early-weaned piglets. Twenty six Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire piglets at the age of 15 days were used. The piglets had access to creep feed during the suckling. Six piglets were sacrificed for sampling at the beginning of the study. The other 20 piglets were individually housed in metabolic cages and randomly allotted to four corn and soybean meal-based diets including the control group, the antibiotic group with 110 mg lincomycin/kg diet, the COS group containing 0.025% COS, and the GMOS group with 0.20% GMOS, respectively, in a 2-week feeding experiment. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level was reduced whereas serum total protein concentration was increased (P < 0.05) in responses to the COS and GMOS supplementation. Dietary supplementation of COS and GMOS also increased (P < 0.05) the serum GH and IGF-I levels along with enhanced hepatic and the muscle IGF-I mRNA abundance. Dietary supplementation of oligosaccharides such as COS and GMOS may improve growth and feed conversion efficiency by increasing plasma GH and IGF-I levels, in the early-weaned piglets.     

Developmental programming: the role of growth hormone

Developmental programming of the fetus has consequences for physiologic responses in the offspring as an adult and, more recently, is implicated in the expression of altered phenotypes of future generations. Some phenotypes, such as fertility, bone strength, and adiposity are highly relevant to food animal production and in utero factors that impinge on those traits are vital to understand. A key systemic regulatory hormone is growth hormone (GH), which has a developmental role in virtually all tissues and organs. This review catalogs the impact of GH on tissue programming and how perturbations early in development influence GH function.     

AM真菌与根瘤菌对紫花苜蓿镰刀菌萎蔫和根腐病的影响

通过温室盆栽试验,探究了丛枝菌根(arbuscular mycorrhizal,AM)真菌摩西管柄囊霉与苜蓿中华根瘤菌对紫花苜蓿尖孢镰刀菌萎蔫和根腐病的影响,以期为合理利用两类共生菌,提高苜蓿抗病性提供理论依据。试验共8个处理,分别为接种或不接种AM真菌、根瘤菌和病原菌以及两两组合。与对照相比,AM真菌降低紫花苜蓿萎蔫和根腐病发病率80.13%(P<0.05)。AM真菌和根瘤菌互作促进苜蓿养分吸收、叶绿素合成,互作处理较对照叶绿素含量(soil and plant analyzer development value,SPAD值)提高61.85%,茎叶N含量提高26.5倍、P含量提高54.3倍,紫花苜蓿茎叶干重提高23.4倍(P<0.05)。AM真菌促进了紫花苜蓿根瘤的形成,较对照根瘤数多111.73%;AM真菌与根瘤菌二者互作,进一步促进了紫花苜蓿生长、养分吸收,降低了紫花苜蓿发病率,同时显著影响紫花苜蓿根系相关生化指标。互作处理提高超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)活性41.05%,β-1,3-葡聚糖酶(β-1,3-glucanase)活性33.9%,茉莉酸(jasmonic acid,JA)浓度23.32%,木质素(lignin)16.92%,脱落酸(abscisic acid,ABA)、一氧化氮(nitric oxide,NO)和过氧化氢(hydrogen peroxide,H 2O 2)浓度分别降低26.68%,9.63%和25.26%,丙二醛(malondialdehyde,MDA)含量降低24.57%。综上所述,摩西管柄囊霉与苜蓿中华根瘤菌互作,可有效减轻紫花苜蓿镰刀菌萎蔫和根腐病的发生,二者具有良好的生防潜力。     

FZD5在山羊妊娠早期的表达及激素调控

实验旨在研究雌性山羊早期妊娠和发情周期中 Frizzled-5(FZD5)蛋白在子宫中的表达,以及类固醇激素对 FZD5 的表达调控。选取发情周期、早期妊娠及雌激素(50 μg/mL)与孕酮(50 ng/mL)处理山羊的子宫组织,采用免疫组织化学染色、荧光定量 PCR和 Western blot检测 FZD5在山羊子宫中的表达规律。结果表明:FZD5 蛋白在山羊妊娠早期的子宫腔上皮和腺上皮中表达;FZD5 mRNA 和蛋白在胚胎与子宫的黏附前(D6)和黏附中(D16)表达较高,在黏附后(D19)和胎盘形成早期(D25)呈下降趋势;孕酮处理导致FZD5表达降低,表明山羊子宫中孕酮下调 FZD5的表达。研究提示FZD5可能在山羊胚胎着床过程中发挥作用。